PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - There is no minority leader but this is not going to prevent the victorious Orville London-led slate from the PNM’s Tobago Council from being inaugurated as the new Tobago House of Assembly tomorrow. “My lawyers have said there is nothing to prevent the THA from...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A NATIONAL holiday in Barbados yesterday afforded me the opportunity to reflect on a few current political developments of relevance as T&T prepares for Carnival 2013 and loses no sweat over domestic party politicking; after all, it's the official season for fun and...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Police Commissioner Vernon Francois is calling on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to implement measures, including the CARICOM Warrant Arrest treaty, which will ensure criminals are brought to justice. Francois said the introduction of the treaty has become i...

This is the third cabinet change in President Michel Martelly’s 20 month presidency, and it comes after months of speculation about the stability of his government. For the second time in five months, Haiti’s government has reshuffled the cabinet, ending months of rumors about who would ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Rescue teams have recovered one body and are continuing their search for eight other people after two boats with at least 20 people on board collided in the Mazuruni River, Essequibo late on Tuesday. A government statement said that members of the Guyana Defence Force...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — One of Hugo Chavez's brothers says the Venezuelan president is expected to return home from Cuba in the coming days as he continues to recover nearly six weeks after undergoing cancer surgery. Argenis Chavez is one of the president's five brothers and the pre...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says she has “no quarrel” with the Integrity Commission after it wrote President George Maxwell Richards seeking its support following open criticism from the head of the coalition government in Trinidad and Tobag...

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The world has not yet escaped the risk of a collapse in the global economy despite some renewed confidence heading into 2013, the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF) told The Associated Press on Monday. Swiss economist Klaus Schwab, speaking on the eve of the elite annual ...

BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – Officials from the Britain’s Department for International Development (DFOD) will on Thursday begin a review of Montserrat’s national budget, according to an official statement issued here. It said that the review “will look at the projections for e...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has cautioned public service unions here that if common ground cannot be met in on-going negotiations, his administration would have no option but to consider taking the matter to arbitration. Two weeks after the parties returned to ...